January 12, 2024
DirecTV told a Texas bankruptcy judge that Bally Sports Network parent Diamond Sports Group's effort to force the satellite television provider to resume contractual payments for the broadcast of Major League Baseball games is a "desperate attempt" to improve its cash flow under its Chapter 11 case.
January 03, 2024
The bankrupt owner of Bally Sports-branded regional sports networks received approval Wednesday for a new television broadcast deal with the NHL and 12 of its teams that cements game coverage contracts through the end of the current season.
November 15, 2023
The owner of Bally Sports-branded regional sports networks received court approval Wednesday in Texas bankruptcy court for a one-year deal to continue broadcasting local coverage of games for 15 teams of the National Basketball Association.
November 09, 2023
The bankrupt owner of Bally Sports-branded regional sports networks objected to Major League Baseball's bid to force it to accept or reject television broadcast rights deals for the 2024 season, arguing that it will make a decision on which agreements to terminate by the end of the year.
November 06, 2023
Diamond Sports Group, the bankrupt owner of 19 Bally Sports-branded regional sports networks, told a Texas judge Monday that it has reached terms with the NBA that enables the debtor to continue broadcasting games for the remainder of the 2023-24 season as the company pursues a Chapter 11 plan.
October 12, 2023
Five Major League Baseball teams have urged a Texas bankruptcy judge to force Diamond Sports Group to accept or reject a TV rights deal and spike Bally Sports parent's request to extend its Chapter 11 exclusivity, saying Diamond's indecision during bankruptcy has put broadcast plans for the 2024 season in limbo.
October 11, 2023
Diamond Sports Group has asked a Texas bankruptcy judge to order DirecTV to resume contractual payments the satellite provider had cut after the Bally Sports network owner stopped broadcasting games from a pair of Major League Baseball teams.
October 10, 2023
The bankrupt owner of Bally Sports regional sports network received approval from a Texas court Tuesday for its rejection of a contract to broadcast a set of Florida college basketball games in December.
October 03, 2023
The official committee of unsecured creditors in the Chapter 11 case of the owner of Bally Sports regional sports networks can intervene in the debtor's suits against parent Sinclair Broadcast Group after a Texas bankruptcy judge said Tuesday it made sense for the creditors to have a say in the $1 billion clawback suit.
October 02, 2023
A subsidiary of Sinclair Broadcast Group asked a Texas bankruptcy judge for more time to propose its plan to emerge from Chapter 11 as a separate sports broadcaster because it is in mediation to resolve the complex case.